Hi! I'm Andrea - a self described techie with an obsession for quilting & cooking; trying to live a big life in a small town. Find out more about me on the About Page.

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Achievement Day

The Gibson County Extension Homemakers held their annual Achievement Day on Thursday May 3rd. My club was in charge of the decorations. Since the banquet is on a Thursday, I didn’t get to go. Not all homemakers are stay at home – I have a job. But the club did get together on Wednesday night to set up the decorations.

With the banquet in May, we did a May Day theme with the decorations, creating may pole centerpieces (a la Martha Stewart). Our centerpieces were made with floral foam pieces, but the dessert cupcakes did go on them.

I started with a cheap foam piece meant to go inside of a pot, and painted it with spring green craft paint. I then took 12-inch dowel rods and wooden thumbtacks – painting them white. Once they were white, I pre-drilled a hole in the top of the dowel rod so the thumbtack would go in quickly and easily.

The day we decorated, I started by pushing the dowel rods into the center of my foam piece. Once I had a hole, I pulled them back out and added a little hot glue for good measure. Then we cut yard long pieces of 1/8-inch ribbon. Each of the centerpieces got 8 of them. They were stacked evenly, and the push pin, pushed through them. Then the push pin was pushed into the pre-made hold at the top of the dowel rod.

We then spaced all of the ribbons evenly, attaching them underneath the cake stands with tape. As a finishing touch, each of the centerpieces was given daisy chain flowers – in pink and green, attached with straight pins.

Andrea is a wife, web designer, all around crafty lady, and purveyor of fine cheeses. She loves to start projects, but isn't so good about finishing them. When she's offline, she spends time with her husband and playing with her cat, "Mouse."